Southern Oregon Coast, a Series
In this series of undetermined length nine posts (plus an Honorable Mention), I will share photos and anecdotes (as best as memory serves me) of a roadtrip I took in 2017 during an active wildfire season. This trip had been planned for some time, including booking what I still consider the best three nights in a beach cabin that I’ve ever had, when wildfires seemingly broke out across the state simultaneously (a trend that is now a yearly occurance) and even greeted me with a quarter inch of ash upon returning home to Portland more than a week later.
The trip was a second leg to one I took in 2010, completing my traversal of the entire length of Hwy 101 in Oregon. The roadtrip in 2010 began in Astoria, Oregon, and continued south on 101 to the Coos Bay, Oregon, area. I have yet to write about that trip, as it is farther back in memory and will take more time and effort. The 2017 trip included in this series began in Crescent City, California, and continued north on 101 to Bandon, Oregon (not far from Coos Bay).
As posts in this series materialize, I’ll add them here to a running list.
Southern Oregon Coast: Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor
Honorable Mention — Southern Oregon Coast: Crescent City, CA
September 4, 2017
Still possibly one of the best photos I’ve ever taken: on the beach below the cabin near Crook Point, Oregon, looking south at wildfire smoke from the Chetco Bar Fire.